NBT Bank Utica Financial Center Now Open

“We are pleased to announce the opening of our new financial center in the heart of Utica. This new location provides us with the opportunity to offer our customers expanded banking capabilities in a convenient downtown location,” Surace said. “It also symbolizes our commitment to the city of Utica. We look forward to deepening our role here as we do in all of the communities we serve.”

NBT Bank’s Utica Financial Center features full branch-banking services, including increased hours, drive-up teller service, 24-hour ATM and night depository. In addition to branch banking, the new offices also provide customers with access to a full team of professionals including NBT Bank’s commercial banking team led by John Buffa, retail banking management under Rich Callahan, and the trust and financial services team led by Rita DeMarko of the NBT Financial Group.

NBT Bank provides personal banking, asset management and business services. The independent community bank, based in Norwich, N.Y., has eight offices in Oneida and Herkimer Counties and a total of 87 offices in upstate New York and Vermont. NBT Bank’s parent company, NBT Bancorp Inc., had assets of $5.3 billion as of June 30, 2011.